knock at door yes . uh, tell me to mind me own business, but i was worried about you. Siobhan. I can go away if you like. Father mac. Niamh, its good to see you. Whats going on, father . Niamh dont. Please. You know what i mean. I wont patronize you. I do want to say the right thing, but. Which shows your father in a better light that he took his own life or that he just took off. I dont want to hear the right thing i just want i dont know what happened to your father. He confided in you. No. I heard his confession from time to time, but confiding. I dont think brian did that. But to my mind its inconceivable that he walked into the sea. What is it that people treat me like that . like what . Like with a total lack of respect hes a gard. What does that mean . I dont treat people like that. Maybe you should. What . frankie, if youre a gard, youve gotta start behavin like a gard. Youre too nice. You cant be a gard and one of the boys at the same time. Im part of the community. Every community has an us and a them youre a them. thats nice. Anything else . All right, yes. You need more presence. I mean, look at ya theres more meat on a butchers apron. You must come round more often. Will i ask dr. Ryan for steroids . You can get them off me if you like. Look, frankie, i like ya fine the way you are. But youve got to decide are you a human being or are you a gard . Reporter this ballykissangel confessional web site is this an australian idea . This what . Guiltgone. Com. Your onestop confessional mailbox. My one stop . Post your sins. Praise the lord is that mastercard or visa . Well, uh i believe we had a confessional. Is your guilt gone . interview continues i gave the money back. Father sheahan father, its a stunt why are we taking it seriously . Because the television are taking it seriously. No, theyre not, theyre taking exactly. And theyre taking it out of us and i want it stopped. I want to know whos behind it and i want it stopped father, im a priest. You want the cops. The cops are on their way. Well, frankie is anyway. So what do you want . Listen out. Youll hear things. And if i dont . If you dont what are you doing here . Father mac frankie . Gard sullivan, father. Whats occurring . Excuse me . Whats happening, father. Theres a lot going on. Well, as i told you, theres this confessional web site. Oh, that. Well i had a look at it. Theres nothing illegal about it. So. Not for us. Now, just hang on a second these people are soliciting money here in ballyk. Are they returning it for tax . Father i have no idea. Do you . I doubt very much theyre local, anyway. Its probably some hustler in i dont know warghawargha. Thank you for not very much, garda sullivan. Something i can help you with, father . Well, youre obviously on a roll. Nice haircut by the way. Gee, thanks. Its the first time ive been patronized by a kiwi today. Im not a kiwi im an aussie. Oh, is there a difference . tapping john. Morning, niamh. John, protecting me from the truth is not protecting me at all. Now, dads obviously in trouble what is it . Okay, okay. He was broke. All right, he is broke. I dont know what happened to him do you . Either way he doesnt have a pot to the bank owns it all. What . You gave him power of attorney. I know, but he needed cash lots of it. The ireland bank of commerce was happy to lend it. Using the pub as collateral . Not just the pub. The house . And the golf course. The priests house . In your Fathers House there were many mansions. Yeah, thanks, john. Dot. Com madness. Quadruple your money. Com. So he thought. You know these Internet Companies that make millions overnight . He found one. Borrowed up to his jaxie piled in and. Struck out. Oh, yes. tapping tapping oh, shoot. Dermot, how could ya. Without tellin me first . What . Nothin. Get in line. Oonagh, i cant say what theyll do. If we dont own fitzgeralds anymore i understand that, but id say you asked. Speculation, oonagh. Hes dads solicitor not the bank. He says he says fitzgeralds isnt living up to its potential. He sees the books. Its not a criticism of you. You and paul were doing as well as anyone could. But he says the bank may not see the pub as a. Social service . sighs well, i think i know what youre going to say now, niamh, but let me go through the motions anyway. If were doing as well as anyone could, and its still not enough what use is fitzgeralds anyway . Itits real estate, isnt it . I dont care, grainne, i will not have blackmail in this house, its immoral . Yes, its immoral. And extortion isnt . What extortion . That money was freely given. Actually, this is getting a bit out of hand. Oonagh what is . Oh hi, luv. Whats goin on . Uh, family conference. I was just tellin the children that we ought to pull together. Because things are getting a bit out of hand . Exactly. You know its not polite to listen to other peoples private conversations. No, its not. No. Its not. And i dont know what hes told you but were not out of here yet. And we wont be. Niamh i felt ashamed, brendan. I love my father but i dont think i could forgive him for this. He must have had his reasons, niamh. I dont care. Oonagh could lose her home. Youre so sure hes still alive. Arent you . The only way my father could die god would have to ask his permission. both chuckling family conference . Weve come back from worse. Indeed we have but were not comin back from this because its not gonna happen. All i care about is the family. kids arguing; door slams well, all i care about is you. Youve a good heart, paul. Well, i got a black heart if the need arises. chuckles brendan okay, mrs. Kelly ill be back tomorrow with nualas homework. Frankie, is the car broken down . You know its illegal for a bike not to have a working light. At night. Oh, and you dont use it at night . Frankie, its a dynamo. It only works when the wheels go round. I know where you live. Six figures i dont know exactly. Ireland bank of commerce, yeah. I dont know yet, luv. Im getting a sort of picture, but i doorbell i have to go, sean. Yeah, me too. Give him a hug for me. Yeah. Bye for now. sighs mrs. Dillon . Yes . Sorry to trouble you. My names werslip. From the credit bank of ireland. Not the ireland bank of commerce . No. Hello. But i thought the ireland bank of commerce has first claim on everything they do. Only we didnt know. Dont ask. The fact is, we lent your father the same amount against assets we thought were clear. Will i write you a check . What . what can i tell you . You can tell us where he is. You can tell us if hes alive or dead. Ah. In which case, your condolences . I wouldnt have thought so. alarm clock ah, frankie siobhan. Its in the post. The new one. Not here yet, then. Ive created a monster. Best of three . Im not in the mood. Fair enough. Im vincent. Hows it goin . Ive only been here a day. Youre the priest. Yeah. Youre from australia . Sure am. You everbeen . I reckon you could afford it. Here you go, mate. How much is the sack worth . What . how much money in the sack . From the web site. Hang on a second hey, take it easy. Im not gonna give you a hard time. How far down does the river go . Far enough. Show me. Vince how come everythings so green . Dermot god said it was the law. Thank you. horn honks dermot i think the company was foreign, i cant remember. But i do remember reading how a bloke suckered a whole bunch of irish investors apparently. Vince you into all that stuff . Yeah i think im becoming a nerd. Ha ha go on. I dunno, i just thought a religious web site had a better chance of working in ireland than brazil. Really . I didnt think this was a very religious country anymore. No, but there are enough yanks who think it is. These confessions people make you give em penance . Oh, god, yeah. I was brutal. You wanna try me . I dont go to confession, father. Oh. But i dont want to do this anymore. Good. I dont know how to get out. Liam how much did you get . Donal i dont know. Its all in reals. Doesnt look like very much. Its ten thousand in pounds. No way umhmm. Is it a windup . Why . What would be the point . Listen to me, donal. Dont try and cash it, not yet. Dont worry about that. Did you ever see that film, Charlie Varrick . Hi. Im molly. Donal, this isnt mob money. This is from quig this is from quigley. Lets just see how things pan out. Ten grand this check you received how much was it for . Niamh six figures. Near enough seven. Pounds . Umhmm. Which belongs to the bank. One of them, yeah. The one he borrowed it from. What a guy. He is to his family. What was he thinking . My guess. He could stand to lose everything. But not if it meant leaving nothing to us. But he wasnt ill, was he . He could have bounced back. He doesnt do miracles, father. He would have been bankrupt. sighs the way i hear it, your tenants at the pub are living on borrowed time. Thats what i mean. But if its not my fathers money, how can it be mine . Id love to help them. What if i did . You . Sure. The banks money my conscience. I want to do the right thing. You would be. If the church doesnt know whats right, who does . Thats what were here for. Cash or check . Thank you, mr. Ganley. Youre welcome. Have a good day. Bye bye. Brendan i need your computer, mate. Uh, father vincent. Call me vincent. Well, vincent, whatever. If the School Computer is about to become a Church Resource at any moment youre not gonna charge me, are you . No. But the thought had crossed my mind. Well . Not yet. Dermot, im sure theyre very tragic, but thats the point, isnt it . I know, da but i just think all right. All right. Okay, lets go. And if in your infinite mercy this one time you could restore her even to partial health i will be truly thankful. Dermot, do you think wed be doin this unless we really had to . Okay, brendan, you ready . No more mr. Nice guy. No, no you dont have to write that. Paul dooley this is god. Grainne paul dooley, this is god. And this is how its going to be. The money from this ripoff goes back or ill tell the taxman. Grainne can keep the boots. I didnt even get the hat i havent finished yet, sport. Sport . Ah. Cup of coffee, i think. Father vincent ill take dictation. But i dont do coffee. Fair enough. Buy you a beer . Youre gettin more irish by the minute. Okay, everyone drink up i wont say it again. Brendan oh, oonagh. What has got into that woman . Edso, put some love into her life, will ya . Ive gotta wait until tuesday. Ha ha come on now, on your way. Brendan. Father. Thanks for tonight. gibberish yeah. Safe home, louie. Unh. Thank you, frankie. Gard sullivan. I hope youre not driving home on that thing. Come on, father, lets go. Unhunh. Father. Gard. Im goin nowhere. And id really appreciate it if youd shut that door. Frankie why are you doing this, father . Paul theres a draft. Hey, im paying the bills. Do you leave your front door open . I own the place. Dont want it much but what can you do . Paul, i think you better get in here he hasnt told you, has he . Gard, what can i get for you . computer beeps siren i have not committed a crime, and that is not the issue im avril burke. Vincent sheahan. I saw you up on the galllops this morning. I can cash them for you no questions asked. Captioned by captioneering we spell out service fiona they say that Charity Begins at home but thats not always the case. For southwell in nottinghamshire it began right here at the minster. Welcome to the roadshow. We like to take you off the beaten track in the roadshow in hope of finding some hidden treasure. And this week. I think weve succeeded. The norman nave, the glorious 13th century chapter house, and these magnificent towers known locally as the pepper pots, make Southwell Minster one of the lesserknown jewels in the crown of nottinghamshire. But why is it called a minster when it could just as well be called a cathedral . Well, many cathedrals have their origins in monastic communities where monks lived together and need a place of worship. A minster, however is created by the People Living around it. Priests and the local Community Come together and contribute their money and their time to create a Mother Church for an area, known as a minster. And southwell is one of only five in the country. Here in the chapter house, each one of these seats represents the original communities that contributed towards the minster, and this is where they used to meet. During the 1800s it was this Community Spirit that led one of the canons here, reverend john becher to set up a charity to build this. Southwell workhouse, less than a mile from the minster, and one of about half a dozen remaining in its original state. Just like in oliver twist its easy to imagine mr. Bumble and his matron stalking these corridors. Men, women and children were housed here. They were separated into two groups the idle and profligate paupers a euphemism for the unemployed and life for them was very grim and the infirm and guiltless paupers they usually had an easier time of it. The only way you could leave the workhouse was if someone outside offered you a job, and that was rare. Days were spent breaking stones, turning mills, and, down here in the cellar salting meat. Theyd put salt on it here to preserve it and then hang it from these bars. The work was punishing. And when it came to bedtime, straw mattresses and theyre very hard. Its this historic backdrop which welcomes us to southwell and im looking forward to seeing what the people of nottinghamshire have to being through these doors. Expert now, i think you were at school a lot more recently than i was and im sure you remember your geometry barely. So how would we describe that clock . Of what form would we call that . Well. Not a trick question really, but. Weve always called it a diamondshaped clock but it isnt, really is it . Its a parallelogram on the top i think wed call it a rhombus. I was working up to a rhombus. You were. I was very impressed. The main thing is, its a really charming little item. Right. Dials all the way round. Well start at the front with the timepiece style we call it a timepiece because it doesnt strike signed by asprey. Thats pretty useful isnt it . Right, yes. The next one is a barometer. Coming round we have although the hand is missing we have a calendar here, and on this bezel weve got the days of the week and two little knurled knobs that you can twist that round. And then we have appointments on the last side which is great. Were missing the hands and the glass its not the end of the world and in the top, of course, we have a little compass again with the needle missing, and the glass on that. So condition is not brilliant, is it . No. No. Its always been like that ever since ive known it but no, we know the conditions not good. So how long have you known it for . Um, how long have i known my husband . Um. Difficult. Very. About 30odd years ive known of its existence. Its always sat in my motherinlaws house and then when she died we had things to clear out and it came, and, unfortunately, now lives in our attic. Seriously . Seriously, yes. So you never have it going . Dont know how to. Sorry, what do you mean you dont know how to wind it up . No, dont know how to wind it up. Okay. Well, youre certainly right the front bezel doesnt open and theres no place there to wind it up. No. The secret of all these Little Goodies are the Opening Doors at the back. Oh, look. And there they are. Oh, gosh. And what weve got here is a nice 8day movement with a massive spring in there and then the linkages are missing for the calendar but on the appointments, there are two little knurled wheels here so you can alter the two hands to set the date and the time of your next appointment. Its a great little toy, isnt it . Its fun. Why would you need a compass . I presume this is designed for a desk why would you need a compass . This is a sort of gentlemans compendium. Right. The compass really not greatly significant, unless he wanted to know which door to leave the house by. Any thoughts on date . No. Im gonna turn it so i can look at this. Well, all silver items always have a full set of hallmarks and there we are london, 1911. Right. And its asprey. Can you imagine what that would have cost if you, for instance, nowadays you wandered into bond street to buy a thing like that . I wouldnt have enough money in my purse, then. I certainly wouldnt have enough money in my purse, now. If it was new, Something Like that today, with a little bit of restoration in a retail shop you would see that for at least £5,000. Thats somewhat more than i expected. Oh, what a fine collection of tobacco jars have you been collecting these for a long time . Yes, almost 40 years. What started you off . I inherited one im afraid its not here today from my grandmother. I used to play with it as a child, apparently. laughs yes, yes. Did grandmother smoke . No. No. Probably granddad. I think he smoked a pipe at one time. Because these are all for tobacco, and made in germany in the 1880s to 90s running into the early years of the 20th century. They always have a figure of someone or other, or an animal. This is most unusual. Its a dog; lift the head off and put the tobacco inside it, and then take it out when you need the tobacco. Keeps it cool and dry inside. This heres amusing, because it leaves the dogs eyes behind it yes, i think its about the only one like that. Some of them are absolute fun. This chap with the wheelbarrow hes resting his stomach on the i feel great sympathy with that as he wheels the thing along. Hes a good one, isnt he . And i think theyre great, but the strange thing about it is that although tobacco now smoking, is offlimits, really people dont like it anymore the objects that are used in it have become very popular. And in america, especially theyre mad keen on them. This figure smoking a pipe would be terribly popular in america. Things like the cowboy over there they like such characters that represent america in a way. And i have a few myself. Ive got this little chap with a beetle running down his nose. You have many more at home, do you . A total of about 30 altogether, yes. And youre finding them more difficult to find nowadays . Yes. On average, to collect one it takes about two years to find it. One over two years nowadays . Yes. Well, that shows great strength of character to do it, really. Whats the most youve had to pay for them . £150. For. That one. This girl, shes very, very beautiful, isnt she . Egyptian, almost isnt she . She is, yes. Well, i reckon shes such a beautiful girl, in such super condition, i think certainly a couple of hundred, at least. Nowadays, even the quite ordinary ones are pushing up towards the £100 bracket. But you dont smoke, yourself . No, never smoked. laughing i think its wonderful so carry on collecting and enjoy them because theyre enormous fun. Well done. Thank you. The hogs back, in surrey is that right . Yes. Yes. A good artist always has a strong sense of place. And its by adrian daintrey, and its painted in 1937. Have you had it long . It was bought at auction in the early 1960s by my father. And it was in the catalogue, and it was misnumbered on the catalogue. And my father said, thats it thats my painting mummy said, no, no, no wrong lot number. Oh, i see. So he said, no, thats my painting, and he bid for it and got it for £2. Wrongfooting everyone else who may have been confused by the numbering problem. He must have been very certain in his mind about what he wanted to do on that day, by the sound of it. Yes, he did. Well, hes quite an interesting artist. He was a friend of antony powell. Do you know who i mean . Dance to the music of time and all this sort of thing . Yes, yes. And he could have been the model for Anthony Powells barnby in dance to the music of time. And although powell never actually modeled any of his figures on people directly there were little bits of them in some of his fictive heroes. And barnby was quite a louche character very, very 30s sort of a person. Daintrey himself might have had an element of that in it. Although he lived in surrey not far from hogs back, he used to stay a lot with quite wealthy patrons and he met a lot of them through powell. And he would stay the weekend and it was the great age of the country weekend in the 1930s. Often his landscapes you can be fairly sure he was staying at the big house, nearby, because clearly something is going on over here. What do you suppose that is . I thought it was scaffolding on a building. Yeah, i think building something. And so perhaps a folly or a summer house to a bigger house its difficult to tell. But the sky is painted in a notaveryenglish way, somehow, its sort of rather impressionistic manner. And actually the signature color scheme of the entire thing is very 30s its brown and white and this very strident green. Artists of this time in britain were looking for a new way of looking at the british landscape bringing in new ideas from france, the openness of light. And they called the impressionists at the time they called them the sun painters. And so really what theyre looking for always is new ways of rendering light. So its quite experimental all of which adds up to quite an interesting period piece, id say. Have you ever thought about its value . I havent thought about its value, because we love it, and its just going on being an appreciated painting. Good. Its appreciated in money as well. Not a huge amount, but id say his £2 then is worth about £2,000 now, that sort of thing. Lovely. Its lovely. Its part of the family. So, two rings, two ladies whats the story . They belonged to my cousin and her father had a box i think, of cuff links and the rings were amongst them. So were here with them today. And what do you know about them . Well, all that she said was that her father was a collector, and she just asked if we could bring them in and just see more about it because were just as curious. Im thrilled to see them. Theyre very pure gold theyre absolutely sort of butteryyellow gold, and that the first thing that fellows like me who are interested in the history of jewelry, notice. Because a highquality gold of this color is almost a sort of patination and is a signal to me that these are very old rings, indeed. This is what we call a posy ring, and posy means it derives from poetry. And inside there is a little poem, and its arranged in what we call champleve enamel its been engraved and then flooded with black enamel. And it reads. By faith i live. The which i give. And its a rather sort of convoluted shakespearean phrase that i think really means that when this ring is given as a wedding ring, that that brings with it the responsibility of faithfulness and love and protection and all good things from a husband to a wife. So this is the wifes wedding ring, then . I think it probably is. Cant be absolutely certain, but im wondering quite how many men would have worn wedding rings at that time anyway. But its in fantastic condition, and the enamel has remained. And its a secret thing. You put it over your finger like that, and then the phrase is completely hidden from the rest of the world. And perhaps it was lost. Perhaps it fell from a finger onto the ground, whatever we can only guess. We only know it landed up in a cuff link box. As far as we know. Bit of an anachronism, really, because that ring is about 350 years old. Really . Its a 17th century ring possibly late 16th century. And an astonishing survival. How can you tell from this ring how old it is . Thats a very good point because stylistically it looks exactly like my own wedding ring. You can tell by the styling of the script. Its to do with calligraphy in this case. But its a very, very good question. Theres no hallmark on it; on this one, there is. In fact, its not a hallmark but only a makers mark. And lets look at the front of it. And what do you think that ones for . Well, we actually were talking about this and we thought that because of the lamb or the ram that it was a seal for a wax seal. Well, im absolutely certain it is a seal but its also a religious reference as well, because this is the agnus dei, the lamb of god. Very often hes carrying a staff with a banner on it. And on the back, which is the most touching thing that ive ever seen in a ring of this nature it says simply a fathers gift. I wonder what that was. Its a father to a son. I think this is definitely a mans ring. And perhaps it was when a man became of age, perhaps when he was 21 to have his own signet and this is probably a pious person living 400 years ago. Wow. Ive got shivers. My hairs on my arms and back i cant believe it. But its too small for a mans ring isnt it . Well, people were smaller then. Their diet wasnt so great so they were shorter and slimmer. But anyway, i think we can say with absolute certainty these are both english rings. Im mad about this i love it to bits, and lots of other people will love it. And with that kind of collectability comes high value. Okay. Right. Right. And so. Well, £800 to £1200 for that one. Oh, wow. And. Gosh, for this one . Yeah. Gee. £4,000 to £5,000 for that one. My goodness were gonna on a caribbean holiday. So, are you a fan of the roadshow . Not exactly. I came along with my dad because nobody else would come with him, oh, what a shame. And then im here, so. But does this belong to you . Yes. I inherited it from my godmother just before christmas, and its a money box that my brother and i used to play with when we were little, and thats as much as i know. So tell me how long can you remember it for . Probably about 15 years. We used to play with it because the lid was stuck on and it was just a challenge to see who could open it first. Right. So, a money box in quite an unusual form i think probably in the form of an old tollhouse, which would make sense. Yep. Made of mahogany. And i rather like this sort of crest its like a horses head as the chimney. And does that get you in our out . It doesnt really turn it anymore, this part underneath doesnt really turn; it think it used to. So the turret lifts off, and then you can get the money out. I think it should date from somewhere around the end of the last century, 1880. Now, anything unusual is always collectible, but i just want to inject a little note of caution here. Because they were so popular they were such a collectors item during the sixties seventies and eighties they have been known to be copied and copies do exist, and theyre hard to tell the difference. So as a copy which i dont think this is, but as a copy, we would say £200 or £300 as a novelty box. But as the real thing. £2,000 to £3,000. Im amazed. Absolutely amazed. Thats quite a good inheritance. A siebe gorman 12bolt diving helmet. Yeah. Its a great object. It is. It is. Ive got plenty i can say about it but what can you tell me . Well, ive been a diver in the Rail Industry since 1968, using scuba and more modern equipment, but just at 1968 we took over from the guys who were using these. So i met mr. Jones who was the diver whos had this helmet, at his base in hollyhead just before he retired. And because they were retiring and we were taking over, this equipment was surplus so we were able to buy it as scrap, basically. How amazing. And presumably you had a chance to speak to jones the diver . Yes, i did. Yes. Did he tell you what it was like, actually wearing one of these great things on your head . He told a few stories. One of the ones was that when they were inspecting the harbor walls, because obviously its very cumbersome in this they were lowered down in cages and then towed by a boat along the wall so that they could see it, which sounded a bit horrendous to me. And the other story he told, which i dont know if its true or not, was that his colleague got his finger stuck in a hole in the harbor wall and had to cut it off himself to get up, but whether thats true or not i dont know. Um, he. Also told a lot of stories about using explosives underwater when they lowered the harbor bed at hollyhead. So not so much about what it was like in it but a lot of anecdotes about using it. Okay, let me do my bit which is the historical stuff. Siebe gorman probably the name most associated with this kind of closed diving helmet. Siebe invented something very similar to this in the 1840s went into partnership with his soninlaw, gorman, and together, in england they set up siebe gorman, ltd. And they produced these. The diving helmets came in all sorts of different styles. This is the 12bolt version, its got 12 bolts to attach it to your suit. They also had 3bolt versions, 6, 8, and so on. And they have acquired a sort of iconic status, really. Any shop that sells nautical antiques, any nauticalthemed restaurant has to have one of these. And because of that, its put the price up to perhaps a figure which is more than theyre actually worth. But also its encouraged a huge number of facsimiles to be made. But this is the real thing. Its a late one, so its a postwar one i would say, and as far as value is concerned you would be very unfortunate to get less than £3,000 for it and on a good day the market could push it up to £4,000 or £5,000. And whats great is to see a real one when one usually sees so many fakes, and also to have somebody who was just one handshake away from wearing it himself. Thanks very much for bringing it in. Thank you. So, your aunt was the collector of doulton . Yes. I think she was related slightly to somebody connected with doulton. And she probably was presented with a couple of pieces first and then she decided to keep going on it, because she enjoyed it. That sort of makes sense because the pieces you brought are not the standard doulton pieces. We see a lot of doulton slaters patent, we see a lot of what i call, rather unkindly, the doulton drainpipe work. Yes. But these pieces have much more artistic pretension. This jar, for example. If you look at the patent on it, its one of doultons very, very best designs. And it takes you to that extraordinary period where the art nouveau, the period of organic fluid movement is beginning to move over towards the geometric art deco. And this piece is almost caught slapbang in the middle of that change. Its a very unusual piece to find. It is, yes. And its beautifully marked on the bottom with all the marks youd expect for a piece of doulton of the early 20th century. But this is the piece that really caught my eye. Tell me about it. Its been one of my favorites. It was on the mantelpiece since long as i can remember when we were visiting my aunt, and i always picked it out as a piece that i did like very much. Now, is that because youre a farmer . Possibly it was, yes at the time, yes. The vast majority of doulton figures we see are bone china or earthenware figures produced at doultons secondary factory up at burslem, stokeontrent. But this, like the jar is made of a material called stoneware very hard pottery, and it comes from lambeth, which is where doulton started off. Yes. And unlike those terribly sentimental some might say even kitsch bone china laughs i can hear the letters coming in those bone china figures that doulton are famous for, this has something far more gutsy this is a really beautiful piece of rather melancholy sculpture. Yes. Yeah. And the artist responsible for producing the original sculpture of this was a man called leslie harradine. He left doulton in 1912, so we know that this piece was produced in the very early years of the 20th century. So in other words, its in that extraordinary twilight period, as we now see it leading up to the first world war. And it really represents the end of an era. They didnt know it at the time, but many people felt that this was the end of all that grinding toil in the fields, and, my goodness if you actually look at the expression in the mans face, you can see that there is hard toil. So your aunt with her possible relations in the Doulton Company she did you a service, she brought you some interesting objects. Yes, very much. I think this is a beautiful object its a decorative object and its probably worth somewhere between £300 and £500. This is something more. This is an object that makes a statement and it has strong sentiment to it not sentimentality but sentiment. And i think thats probably in the same region maybe a little bit more £400 to £600. It ought to be worth more. Yeah. Well, im surprised that it is as high as you say. So youre actually pleasantly surprised. Pleasantly surprised, yes. Well, okay, lets call it a deal, then. Yes, right. This series, weve delving into the minds and hidden passions of our experts to see what two items they would save if they had to run out of the house if there was a fire. Now, Geoffrey Munn youre our jewelry man so im assuming your two items jewelrys got to be one of them. Well, its one of them but i brought two, and one of thems conspicuously bigger than the other. This is a serving bottle that i actually use when we have dinner parties. And tell me what you think of it. Well, ive got to say, to be honest, i wouldnt give it a second glance. Whats so special about it . Well, its a very early one. Its the earliest recorded form of serving bottles and it predates all decanters. Decanting wine is a very nice thing to do because it enhances the flavor of the wine but what i like about this one is that its come straight off a table from 1720, 1740. And there are two ghosts living in this bottle, there are sort of genies in a bottle, really. The first genie is the man that made it in 1720 in a furnace possibly in vauxhall in southeast london, and thats his breath, thats a fossil of his breath. Hes blown this glass. And then, presumably its bought somewhere in london, perhaps somewhere else in the united kingdom, we dont know, and for possibly a man of quite high status whos interested in wine in 1740, and a very convivial person who wants wine to help along his party. Well, you certainly are something of a romantic when it comes to describing the past lives of objects and the ghosts that might haunt them. Now, this other thing must have a ghost or two id say. Absolutely guaranteed, i think. This one contains the hair of king edward iv who died on april 9, 1483. And youre going to say immediately, well, it doesnt look as if its made in 1483. It doesnt. And also how can you be sure that it is his hair . Well, its a well recorded fact this his tomb was broken into at windsor they rediscovered his tomb and the antiquaries fell on it they were so fascinated to find the body of an english king. What, grave robbing . Well, its a sort of grave robbing. In fact, it did upset people a little bit. It was always done by license if these tombs were found in a cathedral or perhaps in a castle there was permission to do this. And when they found the tomb it was the lead coffin and they opened it and found that the body of the king was only partially preserved. The head and the hair was in a state of preservation but the feet were said to be swimming in a sea of corruption. Okay, ill stop you right there, because thats putting me right off. And they took cuttings of the hair. And where is the hair, then . Now, the hair is in the laurel here, the laurel wreath. Is it . And its been pulverized its been chopped into tiny, tiny, tiny fragments. And then the twig on which the leaves hang is a single hair from the kings head. Good grief. And its painted onto the surface of it. Thats a convention for an 18th century mourning ring, which i suppose, in a funny way, this is. Its more of a reliquary than a mourning ring but you see this type. And on the reverse its inscribed the discovery of the tomb in 17 edward iv. Discovered march 13, 1789. Yes. And 1789 is a pivotal year for monarchy. They were just preparing the guillotine for the french king and queen. So, deep fascination with monarchy, deep fascination with something ancient and this is an incontestable relic of king edward iv. This is well recorded, theres a piece of his hair at the society of antiquaries, and a literary account of it and a visual account and thats pure magic to me. So its dead cert, this one. In more ways than one and if this has got ghosts what must this have . Well, thats most certainly a ghost. Geoffrey, thank you. Thank you. Expert this is this is unbelievable. This is so beautiful look at those figures. First off, all this decoration, and this very style, has to be 17th century but early 17th century. It could. It could be 1590. But i think that to be safe lets say 1600 to 1610. Right. This is the most beautiful quality. And look here in the center theres hearts and handshakes. I mean, its obviously a betrothal box, isnt it . Mmhmm. Have you any idea where it could have come from . Do you have any Family History at all . Its been in the family for as long as anyone can remember. As children we used to hide things in it because its got so many secret compartments. But other than that, we know very little about it. So, no sort of continental family background . Quite possibly in portugal. Well, theres a thought. I was going to say northern european. Right. His costume could be dutch could be scandinavian now, it could be portuguese why not . Lets have a look at it anyway. The whole th